Time for change
I retrained as a psychotherapist after a career in the music business. I have a Masters in Existential Psychotherapy undergo continual training in order to maintain my clinical accreditations. The existential approach just means we explore the meaning of human existence. The psychotherapist's role is not to tell you what to do but help you discover that you already have the resources to work on your problems. Join me on a journey of self-discovery. You have chosen to undergo a course of therapy because you have recognised it is time for change - to change patterns of behaviour and rewrite the script. For me as a psychotherapist, the most moving part of the process is coaxing a client to face up to those most difficult of feelings in my virtual or f2f therapeutic space. Finally they don't need to avoid, suppress or run from their darkest emotions. The therapeutic goal is to find it easier to live in the moment and enjoy life's wonderful experiences in glorious technicolour.
A safe pair of hands
I am a clinical member of the UKCP as a Psychotherapist
I am on the BACP register too which makes means I can offer short-term counselling and am known to GP services
I am an accredited senior member of ACTO because I undertook specialist training to become qualified to work online
Effective online therapy
I'm comfortable working online. I believe to be an effective online therapist you need to recreate the warm, containing, safe therapeutic space which is like a bubble around client and therapist. If a therapist can build a high quality, empathic and supportive relationship with someone in a physical room, you should be able to recreate that in the virtual therapy room.
When you speak to me online, I shall be in my garden room/counselling room at home in Wiltshire. I can watch the birds on our bird feeders. We have resident blackbirds and dunnocks in our courtyard and have a succession of goldfinches, bluetits, long-tailed tits and other delightful visitors on our bird feeders. My garden includes some hardy exotics as well as quite a collection of rhododendrons and magnolias which light up the garden in early spring before the alliums and echiums take over. It is easy to be mindful here and tuned in to the changing seasons.
An oasis of calm
Right now you can work online with me with an almost unique degree of flexibility. Unlike many other non-specialist therapists, I organise my schedule to work around the busy schedules of my clients who need time to rehearse, travel and perform. You can choose the stability of the same day each week or arrange to see me when your schedule allows. If you can find a space where you are undisturbed for an hour, I will take you with me into my calm and safe therapeutic space where the only likely interruption is from a purring cat - or two.